If you're craving some cask-conditioned beer, Sessions Public is cracking open a Stone IPA made with pine-like Simcoe hops at 5:30 p.m. You'll get your $8-a-pint share of this outstanding cask, along with a freshly arrived batch of mussels from Santa Monica Seafood for $13. Cask & Mussels nights are every Thursday.

Or if you're up for a wine flight that makes 20 stops, see any Fleming's location for its "Opening Nights" series. The steakhouse-and-wine-bar chain's rolling out its Fleming's 100, the very many new wines in its collection. Sample 20 vintages each Thursday in September. Wine managers will be around to make sure you spit.

Friday

We were talking with one of the only lady beer managers in town about the lure of the San Diego Festival of Beer, a music and craft beer tasting event happening from 6-11 p.m. downtown at Columbia and B streets (sdbeerfest.org). "You get drunk." Here here. To consume 150 craft beer selections from nearly 70 breweries, you'll have to get your $40 tickets at the door. Designated drivers get in for $30, and "all tastings are crossed off but you get the souvenir glass," says the event's web site. So get a buddy to accept that responsibility.

A three-in-one deal: The Taste Of combines with the University Heights Arts Open and the Centennial Celebration of the historic Teachers Annex Building. Try goodies from the Farm House Café, Muzita Abyssinian Bistro, Savory Deli and more from noon to 3 p.m. Assemble on the Annex Grounds throughout the day for artist booths, raffles and live music performances. Join city leaders in wishing a historic landmark a happy 100th birthday.